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Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.

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Thursday, 12 Jan 2017

Five women from across the ANU have visited Antarctica as part of the inaugural Homeward Bound leadership expedition to Antarctica.

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Friday, 06 Jan 2017
  • Career story

ANU alumnus Joseph Vile has volunteered for an environmental organisation in Hanoi.

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Thursday, 05 Jan 2017
  • Career story

Dr Lauren Du Fall’s career path has been filled with surprises—most of all for herself.

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Friday, 23 Dec 2016
  • Student profile

If you want to be the best at what you do, you’re going to have to learn from the best. In the world.

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Thursday, 22 Dec 2016
  • News

The Australian National University (ANU) has celebrated the achievements of Professor Nicholas Glasgow in leading the ANU Medical School as Dean since 2008.

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Sunday, 18 Dec 2016
  • Career story

When graduating from ANU last year, Harriet Farlow wasn’t faced with the job hunting stress of most of her classmates.

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Thursday, 15 Dec 2016
  • Student profile

A science PhB graduate who has just completed Honours at the Research School of Physics and Engineering (RSPE) has won the prestigious Tillyard Prize for 2016.

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Wednesday, 14 Dec 2016
  • News

General practitioners (GPs) can and should do more to tackle the obesity epidemic in Australia, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.  

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Tuesday, 13 Dec 2016
  • Career story

Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours) student Damon Binder will follow in the footsteps of Stephen Hawking when he studies his PhD at Cambridge University.

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